Wayne Stoltenberg, Treasurer – Wayne Stoltenberg is a finance professional with more than 15 years of investment banking experience focused on energy sector financings, mergers, and acquisitions. He holds an MBA from the University of Texas and studied literature and economics at Columbia University. Wayne has served as CFO for several private equity–backed natural gas companies, including Vine Energy, Inc., which merged with Chesapeake Energy in 2021. Currently on sabbatical, he also serves as Chairman of the Board for a Dallas-based free-market think tank.